New or used? Are you handy, so that you can "fix up" an older boat? About how much do you want to spend? Even the new Trophys nowadays aren't "cheap" for most of us -- 30-grand for a 2003 2052 walkaround. If you're made of money, you might could drop 80-big on a 24' C-Dory Tomcat with dual Honda 130's, which would be my high-dollar choice.

If you go used, you can get by for as little as 10-grand, but you have to make a lot of compromises. Forget about Arima, C-Dory, Whaler, etc. unless you can drop down to 17' or so, or are willing to do a bunch of work on the boat. Used Gradys and Whalers cost almost as much as new ones, or so it seems. They have a fanatical userbase.

Can you clarify "easy to tow?" If you are driving an F-350 diesel, you might think a 27' Skagit Orca is "easy to tow," whereas if you are driving a minivan, a 20' aluminum boat would be a stretch.

Did you really mean, "easy to launch/retrieve?" Waders, rollers, and an electric winch make most anything "easy to launch/retrieve."

Regards.

Mike